@littlelawnews: Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire (explained simply). The police can't be sued for failing to catch a criminal in time. Here's what happened. Between 1975 and 1980, Peter Sutcliffe – the "Yorkshire Ripper" – murdered 13 young women across West Yorkshire. His final victim was Jacqueline Hill, a 20-year-old student, killed in Leeds in November 1980. The police had questioned Sutcliffe 9 times and let him go each time. Then he killed again. Jacqueline's mother sued. She argued the police were negligent – if they'd done their job, her daughter would still be alive. The House of Lords threw the claim out. There was no special link between Jacqueline and the police. She was just one of thousands of women who could have been targeted, so the police owed her no specific duty. The rule: the police don't owe you a personal duty of care to catch an unknown criminal before they harm you. You're one of the whole public, not someone they've singled out to protect. The Lords also worried that letting people sue would make policing worse – officers playing it safe, resources drained defending court cases. She lost. Her daughter's killer was already behind bars, but no one was held responsible for failing to stop him sooner.

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